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Showing posts with label Oreshnik Missile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oreshnik Missile. Show all posts

Friday, January 9, 2026

Russia says it used new Oreshnik ballistic missile in major attack on Ukraine

Russia says it used new Oreshnik ballistic missile in major attack on Ukraine

"...For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable.

The intense barrage and the launching of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile ..."

Reference: apnews.com .

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Putin's 'Fog of War' missile confuses experts, but that's his plan

Putin's 'Fog of War' missile confuses experts, but that's his plan

"...Russia's Oreshnik missile can reportedly target most of Europe, US West Coast...the type of confusion and psychological impact that Putin sought to create and has likely achieved when Russia fired an experimental hypersonic ballistic missile, striking a weapons production plant in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. This was in retaliation against Ukrainian strikes on a Russian military facility in Bryansk with U.S. made long-range missiles called ATACMS, after President Biden had given Zelenskyy permission to do so. ..."

Reference: www.foxnews.com .

Monday, November 25, 2024

Russia's New Nuclear Missile Is 'Impossible To Shoot Down', Claims Putin Ally

Russia's New Nuclear Missile Is 'Impossible To Shoot Down', Claims Putin Ally

"...On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his forces had struck a factory in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new, medium-range ballistic missile dubbed "Oreshnik." The strike, originally reported by Ukraine as an intercontinental ballistic missile, was conducted with "nuclear-free hypersonic equipment," according to the president. However, the capabilities of the now combat-tested missile has sparked concerns about the potential threats to Ukraine's allies if it were equipped with nuclear warheads. "Bomb shelters will not help," Medvedev said..."

Reference: www.newsweek.com .